_in terme_, in learned terms; cf. Prol. A. 323. 312. _erme_, to grieve. For the explanation of unusual _words_, the Glossary should, in general, be consulted; the Notes are intended, for the most part, to explain only phrases and allusions, and to give illustrations of the _use_ of words. Such illustrations are, moreover, often omitted when they can easily be found by consulting such a work as Stratmann's Old English Dictionary. In the present case, for example, Stratmann gives twelve instances of the use of _earm_ or _arm_ as an adjective, meaning wretched; four examples of _ermlic_, miserable; seven of _earming_, a miserable creature; and five of _earmthe_, misery. These twenty-eight additional examples shew that the word was formerly well understood. We may further note that a later instance of _ermen_ or _erme_, to grieve, occurs in Caxton's translation of Reynard the Fox, A. D. 1481; see Arber's reprint, p. 48, l. 5: 'Thenne departed he fro the kynge so heuyly that many of them _ermed_,' i. e. then departed he from the king so sorrowfully that many of them mourned, or were greatly grieved. 313. _cardiacle_, pain about the heart, spasm of the heart; more correctly, _cardiake_, as the _l_ is excrescent. See _Cardiacle_ and _Cardiac_ in the New E. Dictionary. In Batman upon Bartholomè, lib. vii. c. 32, [268] we have a description of 'Heart-quaking and the disease Cardiacle.' We thus learn that 'there is a double manner of Cardiacle,' called 'Diaforetica' and 'Tremens.' Of the latter, 'sometime _melancholy is the cause_'; and the remedies are various 'confortatives.' This is why the host wanted some 'triacle' or some ale, or something to cheer him up. 314. The Host's form of oath is amusingly ignorant; he is confusing the two oaths 'by corpus Domini' and 'by Christes bones,' and evidently regards _corpus_ as a genitive case. Tyrwhitt alters the phrase to 'By corpus domini,' which wholly spoils the humour of it. _triacle_, a restorative remedy; see Man of Lawes Tale, B. 479. 315. _moyste_, new. The word retains the sense of the Lat. _musteus_ and _mustus_. In Group H. 60, we find _moysty ale_ spoken of as differing from _old ale_. But the most peculiar use of the word is in the Prologue, A. 457, where the Wyf of Bath's shoes are described as being _moyste and newe_. _corny_, strong of the corn or malt; cf. l. 456. Skelton calls it 'newe ale in cornys'; Magnificence, 782; or 'in cornes,' Elynour Rummyng, 378. Baret's Alvearie, s. v. _Ale_, has: 'new ale in cornes, ceruisia cum recrementis.' It would seem that ale was thought the better for having dregs of malt in it. 318. _bel amy_, good friend; a common form of address in old French. We also find _biaus douz amis_, sweet good friend; as in-- 'Charlot, Charlot, _biaus doux amis_'; Rutebuef; La Disputoison de Charlot et du Barbier, l. 57.